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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Seth B. Darling, Chicago, IL (US);
Sanja Tepavcevic, Chicago, IL (US);
Tijana Rajh, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Nada Dimitrijevic, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Steven J. Sibener, Chicago, IL (US);
Seth B. Darling, Chicago, IL (US);
Sanja Tepavcevic, Chicago, IL (US);
Tijana Rajh, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Nada Dimitrijevic, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Steven J. Sibener, Chicago, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A hybrid photovoltaic cell comprising a composite substrate of a nanotube or nanorod array of metal oxide infiltrated with a monomer precursor and subsequently polymerized in situ via UV irradiation. In an embodiment, the photovoltaic cell comprises an electron accepting TiOnanotube array infiltrated with a photo-sensitive electron donating conjugated polymer. The conjugated polymer may be formed in situ through UV irradiation polymerizing a monomer precursor such as 2,5-diiodothiophene (DIT).